| Kanji in this term | |
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| 蟀 | 谷 |
| Hyōgai | Grade: 2 |
| irregular | |
From 米 (kome, “rice”) + 噛み (kami, “biting, chewing”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 噛む (kamu, “to bite, to chew”)), from the way one's temple moves while eating.
蟀谷 appears to be a variant of 率谷 (sokkoku, “leading valley”), the acupuncture point at the temple. First appeared in 外臺秘要, volume 39, line 255, "蟀谷在耳上入髮際一寸五分，嚼而取之。灸三壯，主醉。酒風發，兩角眩痛。一云兩目眩不能飲，煩滿嘔出。"[1]
It's not clear why the kanji 蟀 was chosen, but it was borrowed as it is into Japanese.
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蟀谷 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 蟀谷, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |